Frontline looks at the “Digital Nation.”

By , on 2 February, 2010

I like to consider myself to be a wired individual, but even though I grew up alongside the technology that is now commonplace these days I am nowhere near as wired as some of the kids who have never known anything other than the highly digital world we have today.

I’m not even that . . . → Read More: Frontline looks at the “Digital Nation.”

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Feel the True Believer love!

By , on 20 October, 2009

Hoo boy, it’s amazing the kind of uproar that new-fangled Twitter thingy can cause. It seems earlier today the words “No God” became what the Twitterettes call a “Trending Topic” and all hell broke loose. Theists were confused, upset, outraged, and horrified that the phrase “No God” could be the number one trending topic. Meanwhile . . . → Read More: Feel the True Believer love!

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Brad Pitt is one of us! (#Blogathon)

By , on 26 July, 2009

In a recent interview Brad Pitt admitted to being Godless:

Brad Pitt was raised as a Southern Baptist, but apparently, his faith didn’t stick.

The 45-year-old actor doesn’t believe in God, he told Bild.com.

“No, no, no!,” he declared, when asked if he believes in a higher power, or if he was spiritual. “I’m probably . . . → Read More: Brad Pitt is one of us! (#Blogathon)

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More stupidity with the year 2012. (#Blogathon)

By , on 25 July, 2009

I was just talking about this on the live feed and thought it would make a decent blog post. Can we please stop giving attention to the nutcases who are claiming the world is going to end in 2012? The folks at the Salt Lake Tribune just published an article on this nonsense in part, . . . → Read More: More stupidity with the year 2012. (#Blogathon)

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The moon landing coverage if it had happened today.

By , on 22 July, 2009

This is an interesting little video put together by the folks over at Slate. It attempts to show how the coverage of the moon landing would be different had it happened this year instead of 40 years ago. The resulting clip is both funny and sad at the same time:

Walter Cronkite just passed away . . . → Read More: The moon landing coverage if it had happened today.

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It’s funny, but it doesn’t make me want to eat the sandwich.

By , on 25 June, 2009

Burger King’s ads aren’t known for their subtlety, but they’ve reached a new low with this one for a new sandwich they’re calling the Super Seven Incher:

Click to embiggen!

The ad copy reads as follows:

Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER. Yearn for more . . . → Read More: It’s funny, but it doesn’t make me want to eat the sandwich.

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It’s a sad day in SEBLand: Inventor of the Hawaiian shirt has died.

By , on 6 January, 2009

I declare today a National Day of Mourning as the inventor of one of my favorite shirt styles, Alfred Shaheen, has died at the age of 86:

As tourists from the US to Hawaii after World War II, many began to bring home colorful but cheesy looking shirts and sundresses that would be cause for . . . → Read More: It’s a sad day in SEBLand: Inventor of the Hawaiian shirt has died.

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Proving once again that many Christians have a healthy sense of humor…

By , on 7 November, 2008

… my good friend JethricOne, who is a moderate Christian himself, sent me the following email last night:

At [my daughter’s] confirmation class this evening, she drew a picture of an anime Jesus for an assignment. When she told me, I couldn’t resist thinking about the song “Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts . . . → Read More: Proving once again that many Christians have a healthy sense of humor…

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When the hell did Domo become big in the U.S.?

By , on 20 October, 2008

Over the weekend we stopped into the local Target store and I was stunned to see huge advertising displays featuring the weirdly cute fuzzy Japanese monster-thingy known as Domo all over the place. That’s a pic of him over on the left. I’ve known about him for years and have a QuickTime movie file on . . . → Read More: When the hell did Domo become big in the U.S.?

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“Gee. He was just here a minute ago.” - George Carlin passes away at 71.

By , on 23 June, 2008

One of my favorite comedians has died:

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)—Comedian-actor George Carlin, known for his raunchy but insightful humor, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71.

Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John’s Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at . . . → Read More: “Gee. He was just here a minute ago.” - George Carlin passes away at 71.

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